AMERICUS, Ga. -- The Georgia Southwestern State University men's golf team has earned All-Academic distinction from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) for the 2017-18 school year. It's the fourth time in five years Georgia Southwestern has earned the national honor.

A record 223 teams, covering the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), submitted GPAs of 3.00 or higher to earn All-Academic Team recognition. The Hurricanes were one of only 40 programs in NCAA Division II, and one of two from the Peach Belt Conference, to earn the honor.

To be eligible for the GCAA All-Academic Team a college or university must submit the GPAs for each player on its official squad list for the academic year.

South Mountain Community College (NJCAA DII) posted the highest overall team GPA for all divisions with a 3.78.

Select recipients for 2017-18 are listed below:

18Birdies Academic National Champions
Division I - New Mexico
Division II - Bellarmine
Division III - Swarthmore
NAIA - Bethel (KS)
NJCAA DI - Dodge City
NJCAA DII - South Mountain

President's Special Recognition
(3.5 or better GPA)

Division II
Bellarmine
Colorado-Colorado Springs
Colorado Mesa 
Maryville
Missouri-St. Louis
Newberry 
Post
Saint Leo 
Upper Iowa

All-Academic Teams
(3.0 or better GPA)

Division II
Academy of Art
Ashland 
Barry 
Barton 
Bellarmine
Bemidji State 
Cal State East Bay 
Cal State Monterey Bay
Central Missouri
Chaminade
Colorado Mesa 
Colorado-Colorado Springs
Findlay 
Florida Tech
Georgia Southwestern
Goldey-Beacom 
Harding
Henderson State 
Illinois Springfield
Kentucky Wesleyan 
Lee
Limestone
Lincoln Memorial 
Lindenwood 
Maryville
Missouri-St. Louis
Newberry 
Northeastern State
Post
Rockhurst 
Rollins
Saginaw Valley State
Saint Leo 
USC Aiken
Upper Iowa
Valdosta State
Wayne State
West Alabama
West Florida 
West Georgia

The full release from the GCAA can be found HERE